Shaving-cup.



M. STERNER.

SHAVING CUP.

APPLICATION rlLED 00121, 1919.

1,012,474, Patented Deo. 19,1911.

@WMe/.ww jy 'the face for shaving UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

MELANCTHON STERNER, OF PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA.

SHAVING-CUP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, h/[iniANc'riioN S'rniixnn, a citizen ot the United States ot' America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county .of Philadelphia and State yof Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shaving-Cups, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a sli-.wing cup and more particularly to the class of combined cups and powdered soap holders.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a cup of this character in which powdered soap may be held thereby, and a predetermined quantity thereof may be delivered into a water reservoir so that the soap will not contact with the water contained within the reservoir or float thereon, thus enabling a shaving brush to bc dipped into the receiver for the accumulation of the desired quantity of water and soap for the purpose of lathering the face for shaving purposes.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a cup of this character in which powdered soap and 'water may be conven` iently held for ready access by the user ot the cup to enable the proper lathering of purposes.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a cup in'which there is arranged a plurality of separable sections or reservoirs, one being for the purpose of receiving powdered soap and the other for receiving water, the reservoir for the soap having a communication controlled by means of a valve so that a given quantity of powdered soap may be delivered into the water receiver :but not in contact with the water held therein, thus enabling the dipping' of the brush into the soap and water independently of each other, thereby assuring the collection of a definite quantity oit Water and soap upon the brushfor lathering purposes in shaving. I

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a cup of this character, which is simple in construction, reliable and etticient in operation and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and -tom of the same is Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October l.' 1910.

atci1ted1`)cc. 19, i911. serial No. 584.904.

pointed out in the hereunto appended claims.

showing a portion oi the body o't the cup broken away. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line l-il ot' Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. t is a sectional view on the line 1 -4 of Fig. 2, lookingin the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a side elevation otl the water reservoir, the same being partly broken away. A

Similar reference characters to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views ot' the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the cup comin-isos a cylindrical body 10 having a circular outwardly flared base supporting flange 11 at its bottom, the body being divided into indtqiendent upper and lower compartments 1Q and 13 by means ot a horizontal partition 14, the compartment l2 being designed to receive powdered soap, while the compartment 13 is designed to roceive a` water 'tout or reservoir, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Detachably engaged with the upper edge or the open end of the body 10 is a removable cap or lid 15, the latter servi-ng to close the compartment 12 for the preservation of powdered soap when confined therein. The body 10 at one end thereof. is cut away to torni a suitable opening communicating directly with the con'ipartment 13, and into which is detachably fitted a soap font or reservoir comprising a cylindrical cup-like body 16, the same being formed at its botare employed toin with a semi-circular shaped base-supf porting flange 17 adapted to overlie a portion ot' the base supporting flange 11 of the body 10 on introducing the font or reservoir into the compartment 13, the bottom of the body 16 of the font or reservoir being adapted to rest upon the bottom ofthe body 10 on the interitting thereof.

The body 10 is provided with a loop handle 18 and also the body 16 is prvided with a similar handle 19, the handles .being designed to permit the carrying ot' the cup and also the removal of the water font or reservoir 16 at will. Within the body 16 of the font or reservoir and suitably secured to the side wall thereof spaced from the bota sector shaped corru-4 partment 12 in the body 10 1n a manner asy will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the partition 14 within the body 10 is formed a discharge opening 21, the same bein the water reservoir or font. v

ing directly above the plane of the catcher pan or tray 2O in the water font or reservoir, and this opening is normally closed by a cut-o` slide valve 22, the same being connected to the partition 14by means of a pivot 23,l andthe slide valve 22 is provided with an outwardly extending finger --lever 24, the latter working in a suitable elongated slot formed in the body 10 for the convenient manipulation ofthe valve 22 by the user of the cup.. On the opening of the valve 2,2.

the powdered soap held within the compartment y12 will be discharged through the opening 21 onto the`pan or tray 2Q in the water ont or reservoir 16 where it may be collected by a shaving brush after being dipped into the water contained within the font or reservoir. In the filling of the font or reservoir 16 with water a given quantity is introduced therein so that the level ofthe water will not stand above the free edge of the catcher pan or trayj20, thereby obviating the possibility of the influx of water into the said pan ortray.

Connected with the pivot 23 and arranged within the compartment 12 is a swinging agitator 25, the same being formed with a linger lever 26 projecting outwardly through a suitable guide slot provided `in the side wall of the body 10, the linger lever 26 be ing bent whereby it will lie'i'n close relation to the finger lever 24, thus enabling both of said levers to be simultaneously moved Vby the user of the cup. This agitator 25 disintegrates or loosens the compacted quantity o fpowdered. soap within the compartment 12 vso that upon opening of the valve`22 the same will freely discharge through the open! ing-23 into the catcher panor tray- 20 with- In the use oi the shaving cup the wate font or .reservoir 16 is removed from the body 10, whereupon a 'deiinite quantity "of ,water is introduced into the said fontor reservoir; then it is replaced within the 4body ,10, and the user manipulates simultaneously the finger levers 24 and 26, thus shifting'the valve 22 from the opening of the'vent 21 whereby a quantity of powdered soap within the compartment 12 in the body 10 will be delivered through the vent 21 onto 'the catcher pan or tray 20 in the reservoir or lfont 1 6, and the latter is again removed from the body 10, thus enabling a person to dip a `shaving brush into both the water within -the latter to lie Hush the reservoir or font and the powdered soap upon the tray or pan 2O :tor the lathering each h'aving a handle, a slide pivoted to the 'partition'and' working' beneath the same to open and close said discharge oriiice'and having an arm projecting exteriorly of the body within the handle thereon, an agitator element pivoted above the partition and having an arm extending exteriorly of the body in normal alinement with lthe arm `lof the said slide, and a fiuted tray mounted within the removable cup spaced from the b ottom thereof in the partition. c l 2. A cup of the character described,com-

prising a hollow body having angannularv flange at its bottom forming asupporting'-y Vbase and provided with an opening in vone side above said base, a partition disposedv transversely in the body intermediate its length and having a discharge'aorifce, a cup removably fitted in the opening in the side of the saidbody and normally restingupbn the bottom of said body, the body and cup each having a handle, a slide pivoted to the partition and working beneath the sameto openl path ofthe orifice in the -l and close said discharge oriiice and'lhaving 'i an arm projecting exteriorly of the body within the handle thereon, an. agitator element pivoted above the partition `and having an arm extending exteriorly`of-thebody innormal valinement withthe arm of the said slide, a luted tray mounted within the removable cup spaced' from the bottom thereof in the path ofthe orifice in the partition, a cover telescoping upon -said body to close the upper open e'ndgthereof, the said 'base flange being cut into to form a semicircular shaped seat, and a.` tia-nge formed on the 1 removable 'cup correspondingly shaped to said seatandada ted to engage with t e base flange of the body. f v l In testimony whereof afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

F. O. PARKER, Bnmm'rr S. JONES.

MELANorHoN STERNER. 

